Ksemaraja (Rajanaka Ksemaraja)

late 10th - early 11th c. CE · Srinagar, Kashmir
worksAbhinavagupta
Masters
abhinavaguptasomanandavasuguptakallatautpaladevalakshmanaguptasambhunatha› ksemarajabhutirajajayarathayogarajabhattanarayanaindurajasivopadhyayalalla
Ksemaraja (Rajanaka Ksemaraja)
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Works (canonical list)
Pratyabhijnahrdaya (Heart of Recognition)SpandasandohaSpandanirnaya (whole Spanda)Svacchandoddyota (comm. on Svacchanda Tantra)Netroddyota (comm. on Netra Tantra)VijnanabhairavoddyotaSivasutravimarsiniStavacintamanitika (on Bhattanarayana)Commentary on Utpaladeva's hymnsParapravesikaTattvasandohaSpandakarika (root, ed. ref)Spandakarika with Ksemaraja comm.Sivasutra (root + varttika, ref)BhairavanukaranastotraBodhavilasa
Systematiser for students: the Pratyabhijnahrdaya digests Pratyabhijna in 20 sutras (Vedantasara of Trika). Commentator across all three Trika sastras — Agama (Svacchanda, Netra, Vijnanabhairava, Sivasutra), Spanda (Sandoha on K1, Nirnaya whole at pupil Sura's request), Pratyabhijna (Stavacintamani, Stotravali) — arguing the nondual reading against rivals. Compare witnesses where available: Nepalese Netra (1200) lacks his Uddyota; Spanda authorship (Vasugupta vs Kallata) preserved disputed.

Lineage

pupil of Abhinavagupta
chief disciple Yogaraja (commentator on Paramarthasara)
dates pupil of Abhinavagupta; otherwise life and parentage unknown · canon: Singh/SUNY + Flood 2020 + kashmirhope + ePustakalay/KSTS holdings · machine-readable JSON